Phenomenologic model describing flow reduction for parotid gland irradiation with intensity-modulated radiotherapy: Evidence of significant recovery effect

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 178-185

  Scrimger, Rufus A ^a,b   Stavrev, Pavel ^a   Parliament, Matthew B ^a   Field, Colin ^a   Thompson, Heather ^a   Stavreva, Nadia ^a   Fallone, B Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Parotid function; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATES; SALIVA;

CARCINOGENS; CELLS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; RADIATION EFFECTS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REDUCTION KINETICS; SALIVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SALIVATION;

EID: 4444287094     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.041     Document Type: Article

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